"Puff!"
"Puff!"
The blood that splashed onto his face was scalding hot. In the magnificent hall, surrounded by marble pillars, a beautiful woman who was running away with a half-grown child in her arms was pierced through the chest by the long swords of two knights behind her.
The child was taken away, and the woman fell into a pool of blood. She kept struggling, reaching out to the child. Her eyes were filled with pain and despair. Blood oozed from her mouth, but she still clung to the legs of the knights and climbed up.
"Give me back my child, my child, my Adonis,, give him back … to me …"
"Puff!" The soldiers raised their long swords and stabbed downward.
"Ah!" Adonis Monar woke up from his dream again. Even though his body, which had been infused with the blood of ghouls, was no longer sweating, he was still trembling with excitement and clutching his head tightly.
Adonis, didn't know how many times he had dreamt of this horrifying scene in the middle of the night. His mother had been killed by his father because of a power struggle in the country. That stupid, naive woman didn't know the darkness of the world, nor did she see through her cold-blooded father. The Monar family had never had any kinship.
It was from that day onwards that Adonis, had never truly fallen asleep. Everyone thought that he was too young to remember what had happened that year, including his father. However, Adonis, had always remembered. He had never forgotten it, not even for a moment. However, with his strength, he could not do anything. Until one day, when he learned of the existence of wizards, Adonis, applied to the king for a trial. He then tried every means possible to enter the wizard tower and obtain the power of the wizards.
"It's here, it's here, it's almost here. That day is coming."
"I will … cleanse … all the evil in this world. I want all of you … all of you … to atone for your sins."
Adonis, muttered, as if he was comforting himself, but also as if he had gone crazy. He cried and laughed, as if he had lost his mind. It took a long time for him to calm down.
At dawn, the sky was just beginning to brighten. A young man of about 18 or 19 years old, who did not even have a beard, followed the footsteps of the city guards and quickly went to the corner of East Street's Flower Alley. At that moment, a lot of onlookers had gathered there, and everyone was talking about it.
"Another dead, another bitten to death."
"How terrifying. A large piece of flesh on his face is gone. What kind of monster is this? How dare they eat humans? "
"It can't be some wild beast that ran into the city, right?"
"These city guards are all useless. It's been so many days and they haven't even found out what it is. That's already fifteen dead, right? Someone dies every day or two. This is too scary."
"It might not be a beast!"
"What's that?"
"Who knows? But I heard from others that … "
While everyone was watching the show, they were also panicking. Many well-dressed women even directly covered their eyes, not daring to look at the corpse in the dark alley. The corpse's face and neck had a large piece of flesh bitten off, revealing the muscle tissue and white bones inside. It looked extremely horrifying, and when one looked closer, one could even see the teeth marks left on it.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. No one is allowed to gather here. Leave quickly and go home." The captain of the city guards pushed his way through the crowd. He was wearing a sleeveless shirt with a Babus diamond-shaped gemstone emblem on it. Inside, he was wearing a chainmail, black pants, and boots. He had a long sword on his waist, and he looked quite heroic. However, the other guards behind him looked rather sloppy.
Babus City had not had a war for many years. Most of these people were merchants and nobles in the city. Usually, they would scrape for oil, catch thieves, and at worst, arrest murderers. Few of them trained regularly.
"What's the use of watching? We haven't found anything yet. They're all a bunch of vermin!"
"That's right. They're so good at collecting taxes. Now that we need them, even a pig is more useful than them."
"I think we need a new captain of the city guards."
"Yes, get him out of here and replace him with someone more capable."
The arrogance of the city guards did not cause the people in the city to back down. Instead, they cursed and scolded them. Most of the people who lived near East Street were wealthy merchants, but there were also some nobles who had fallen from grace. Although they were not high-ranking people, in Babus, the capital of the Kingdom of Mara, there were countless such people. In their eyes, a captain of the city guards was not a deterrent.
Since more than a month ago, people have been disappearing and dying in the city. At first, no one cared. After all, Babus was not a paradise on earth. It was a commercial and trade city. Under the bustling and extravagant lights, there were a lot of dark transactions and dirty things hidden. All kinds of people at the bottom of society, as well as the chaotic slums in the city, often went missing and died. This was a very normal thing.
However, when a half-eaten human corpse appeared, it immediately caused a commotion in the city. Cannibalism, this immediately made people think of some bad things. Moreover, there was such a man-eating monster shuttling through the city, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find any trace of them. This made the people in the city even more anxious.
As time passed, the number of people who died continued to increase. This kind of panic and depression continued to accumulate and spread, especially when so many people had died, and the city guards did not do anything. Everyone's life and safety were threatened. In the middle of the night, the originally lively nightlife was now basically gone. Most people did not even dare to go out at night.
The captain of the city guards was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. "Ten days, I promise that within ten days, I will give everyone an explanation."
After explaining for a long time, the gathered crowd finally dispersed. However, Captain Tucker knew that if he still could not catch the murderer, he was afraid that his position would not be stable. Many of the higher-ups, including the king, had heard about this matter. Because of this matter, many gambling houses, brothels, and other places in the city had been greatly affected. These places were the money bags of the great nobles.
His superior also ordered him to immediately solve this matter and restore order. Otherwise, as he said, in ten days, he would really have to pack up and leave.
Tucker looked at the young man beside him anxiously. "Mr. Edward, you promised me that within ten days, you will definitely find out the truth."
Edward nodded. "I promise, but you have to do your best to help me. Of course, the credit will also be yours. I only want the truth."
Edward was the young man who had come with the city guards. At the same time, he was also Frank's youngest student. He had set off a month ago, but due to some delays on the way, he had only recently arrived here. The first person he found was Tucker, who was already badly battered, and he promised him that he could help him solve this series of events.
Of course, Tucker did not believe him. However, after Edward told him a series of clues and results that he had found on his own, Tucker still doubtfully invited him to investigate the scene.
Edward examined the corpse. "The cause of death is here. The trachea was bitten off. Look at the teeth marks, it looks like human teeth marks."
Edward sniffed the wound and then frowned. "Everyone, be careful. The corpse is poisonous. I do not know what kind of poison it is, nor do I understand how it was poisoned or how it was spread. Everyone, be careful when approaching the corpse."
The faces of Tucker and the soldiers beside him immediately changed. "What? Poison? "
They had been cleaning up the corpses for the past few days, so they had not paid much attention to it before. Now that they thought about it, their faces turned pale. Thinking about the strange way these people had died, Tucker immediately said, "What kind of poison is this? We're not poisoned, are we? "
Edward glanced at them and scanned them with his mental power. "It's okay. It shouldn't be spread through contact. It might be spread through blood and bodily fluids. If that's the case, the existence that bit people also carried poison."
Tucker immediately said, "Didn't you say before that it was human teeth marks? It was a human who killed these people. "
Edward nodded. "It's similar to human. I didn't say human, but it seems that this is not an ordinary incident. We have to be careful."
Edward examined the ground and immediately frowned. Many places at the scene had been destroyed, and there were footprints everywhere. He could not analyze anything at all. He could only sigh and stand up. "Where's the first witness?"
The first person to find this place was the lady boss of a nearby flower shop. At this moment, she seemed to be in a state of shock. She had found the bodies in the alley before dawn, when she was sweeping the floor of her shop. It was around five in the morning, and there was no one nearby. Edward continued to ask, but he did not get any information. At that time, the lady boss was a little scared and did not pay attention to anything else.
By the time the investigation was completed, it was already noon. Edward stood up and was about to leave. Tucker was also moved by Edward's series of analysis. He thought that Edward might really help him solve this case. If he could really solve this case, Tucker would become famous in the entire city of Babus. Needless to say, he would not lose his position as the captain of the city guards. He might even have a chance to move up.
This made Tucker immediately warm to Edward. "What should we do with the bodies?"
Edward asked, "Where are the bodies from before? I need to go and take a look! "
Tucker immediately said, "In the cemetery outside the city. It's guarded by Old Chuck. He's an old gravekeeper."
After that, Tucker immediately said to the other soldiers, "You guys carry the bodies and send them to Old Chuck."
Edward put away his equipment, turned around, and walked out of the city with Tucker. When they turned the corner in front of them, they suddenly found something. They stopped, squatted down, and looked at the ground. Tucker immediately stopped, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Edward pointed to the floor on the ground and knocked on it. Immediately, he found that there was a hollow sound below. "These stone bricks have been turned over. What's underneath?"
Tucker immediately looked at the stone slab. It was larger, and not quite the same as the ones nearby. "Oh, this is the entrance to the sewer."
Edward tapped his finger on the stone slab and said thoughtfully, "Okay, I got it. Let's go to the cemetery first."
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